Valve has discontinued the Index VR headset and reduced the price of remaining stock to $399.20 as it transitions to the new Steam Frame system.
The new open-source DroidDeck project enables Android devices to run Steam PC games using the Proton compatibility layer.
Valve has officially stated that its Linux Steam client lacks support for Arm-based hardware, limiting the use of ARM64 builds to its own proprietary Steam Frame environment.
The 32GB RAM configuration has become the new standard for gaming PCs on Steam, while AMD continues to narrow the market share gap with Intel.
Steam achieved $1.7 billion in revenue in September 2026, with annual projections nearing $20 billion despite high hardware costs.
The September 2026 Steam hardware survey reveals that the GeForce RTX 5070 is now the most popular GPU, while 32 GB of RAM has become the dominant memory configuration.
Valve's September 2026 Steam hardware survey reveals that 32GB of RAM has officially overtaken 16GB as the most common memory configuration among gamers.
The September 2026 Steam survey reveals that 32 GB of RAM has surpassed 16 GB as the most common memory configuration among gamers, reaching a 42.22% share.
A developer has released a free Steam demo for Just Dots, a game featuring an AI trained via self-play to master the classic paper-and-pencil strategy game.
The GeForce RTX 5070 has unexpectedly topped the Steam hardware survey, though analysts warn the data might be skewed by reporting anomalies.
Steam's September 2026 hardware survey reveals that 32GB of RAM has become the most common configuration, while 2K resolution and Simplified Chinese language usage show significant growth.
Independent developer Rado Klasa accuses Golden Horn Studios of using AI to copy his game 1,000,000 Potatoes, sparking a public dispute over intellectual property.
Valve released the Steam Frame VR headset, featuring a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, standalone capabilities, and PC streaming support, starting at $1,059.
The Radeon RX 9070 XT has emerged as the most popular AMD GPU on Steam, surpassing the Radeon RX 6600.
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT has become the most popular AMD discrete GPU on Steam as of August 2026, reaching a 1.46% market share.
Valve's August 2026 Steam hardware survey reveals that the combined market share of the latest generation of gaming GPUs from Nvidia and AMD has surpassed 20%.
